Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 4 Issue 10
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The New Altitude Record: Some Technical Details of the Vickers Vespa Biplane and the Bristol Pegasus Engine
ON September 6, Mr. Cyril F. Uwins, in a Vickers Vespa biplane fitted with a Bristol Pegasus engine, starting from Filton Aerodrome, Bristol, reached a height of 13,404 metres…
Widening the Field for Aircraft: An Example of the Utility of Air Transport
IT has been a matter of considerable surprise to us for many years past that commercial aviation has been so successful in developing along what are not, in our opinion, the most…
Float Construction and Repair: The Process of Building a Seaplane Float Described, with Hints on Replacing Damaged Parts
THIS article is intended as a continuation of the previous one on hull construction. The blue‐print drawings, as before, have to be developed full‐scale on the scrive board, which…
The Europa Rundflug: A Review of the Machines Entered and of the Technical Aspect of the Competition
W.R. SchulzTHE Europa Rundflug, which took place this year for the third time, is a contest for light aeroplanes with a limit to tare weight of 480 kg. (881 lb.). The competition was…
Biplane and Monoplane Compared: Full Details of the Two Blackburn Civil Aeroplanes Built to the Same Specification
IT has been known for some time that the Air Ministry had placed an order with the Black‐burn Aeroplane and Motor Co., Ltd., of Brough, near Hull, for a civil biplane and…
Oil Quenching of Steel: An Analysis of the Properties of Various Oils Showing Their Relative Suitability
E.C.J. Marsh, E. M.INST.MET. MillsTO those who are interested in the manufacture of articles for use in engineering workshops from the chemical standpoint, there is often very little sound practical knowledge to…
Carrying Machinery by Air: An Interesting Experiment in the Transport of Mining Equipment in New Guinea
Charles A. BanksTHE development, in 1929, of a large volume of dredgeable gold‐bearing gravel in the Mandated Territory of New Guinea brought the Directors of Placer Development, Ltd., the…
Air Ministry Official Notices
The correct assembly of the parts of Spartan two‐ and three‐seater aircraft referred to in Para. (3) of Notice No. 37/1931 is shown on Drawing No. G.E. 37/1931.
The Packard Diesel Engine: An Important Series of British Patents Covering Details of the Design
In a nine‐cylinder radial compression‐ignition engine, a single venturi passage 15 which serves for the admission of air and the exhaust of each cylinder is controlled by a valve…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Committee, Reports and Technical Notes of the U.S. National Advisory…
Month in the Patent Office
A metallic airscrew blade is made from a billet of solid metal and one stage of the process involves axially upsetting or extruding the root portion of the blade. The extruding…
Recent Technical Developments: A Fuel Gauge—Engine Reliability—Expanding Hangars—The Altitude Record
A new type of continuous reading fuel‐depth gauge, incorporating a novel departure from standard practice, is fitted to the new Civil Biplane built by the Blackburn Aeroplane Co…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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- Prof Phil Webb